Five Lincoln Parish prep basketball tickets picked up berths for postseason play Monday afternoon as the Louisiana High School Athletics Association released its 2018 girls playoff brackets.

Four of those teams will start the playoffs off at home.

Ruston High School (22-11) is one of the teams that will tip things off at home as the 11th-seeded Bearcats will play host to No. 22 seed Chalmette at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in a Class 5A first-round contest.

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Grambling Laboratory High School’s Davauhnte Turner (center, signing paper) signed a Letter of Intent Friday to play college basketball for Indepedence Community College in Kansas, where he’ll join former Ruston Bearcat Jerry Melton. Pictured is Turner surrounded by his family and GHS coaches Antonio Hudson and LaShaun Johnson. Turner averaged 23.9 points and 8.1 rebounds as a senior.